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Sandy: The Saga Continues .. ..

So Many Catsters on the Bridge Now

Mistress just heard that a wonderful cat, one that both Squeakers and I admired, went to the Rainbow Bridge.
Rocky Ann is a great cat, she loved pink, strolling, Obama and politics, and especailly her furmily.
We knew she hadn't been feeling well all month, and that she was practically hanging on by a thread, but she had lots of fight, and lots of Catster purrs too, to keep her on Earth this long.
Years ago, Mistress and Squeakers looked at her page and liked how she looked in her stroller. That got Mistress thinking that Squeakers should get a stroller too. So she got a stroller. . .pink, no less! and Squeakers loved to stroll, in fact, she didn't wanna come in!
Rocky Ann also got Mistress, Squeakers and me, into Hello Kitty. Before, Mistress thought that HK was for kids. .. oh those silly humans! Squeakers joined RA's HK group, she thought the traveling HK head was a little. . .different, and didn't purrticipate in it, but she thought that was a fun idea. Now Mistress has HK stickers, a necklace, stuffed animals, and at least two coin purrses with HK on it! Mistress' mom goes to Tokyo a lot and picks up HK stuff for Mistress.

Anyway, we love the I Knead You group, with RA, and we also joined the Cats for Obama group and of course, Super Strollers, and the HK Fan Club group.
We also read her diary entries often, and voted for her many times in the WCC&DS every year.

Oh we're gonna all miss you so much RA! *blows farewell kiss* But we know you are no longer in pain. We all love you, and are purring and praying for your Mom and Dad.

Ooh, sorry RA, but the Bissell Kitty Half Time is on. .. gotta go, but I am purring for you and your family!

Equal Time, Please

Mistress has been kinda busy, not like she was before the holidays, but she's been applying for jobs and studying and playing bingo and doing her hair and redoing the computer and cleaning *falls over* how can she do so much? She says it's not that much at all, but for me, who sleeps on the couch most of the day, it's a lot!
She was in her jammies, dinking around on the fresh, newly redone computer, when Jen called, and all of a sudden Mistress said "Oh no!" and she got up and ran around getting dressed, she looked like the Energizer bunny!
I guess Jen said that Elizabeth was here a half hour early and she was taking Mistress and Jen to the grocery store. Elizabeth is a nice little old lady who is a friend of Jen's that can drive. Mistress, I guess, needed to go to the store, and even though it's not far, the icky goopy snow on the curbs and sidewalks makes it hard for Mistress and Jen to walk there with their grocery carts.
So when she got home, she was unpacking and stuff and after she got back from taking the cart, that belongs to the apartment building, back downstairs, I walked around her and said "Mraa!"
At first she thought she was hearing things, so I said it again "Mraa!" and I kept doing it. She checked my food. . not dinner time anyway. I had water, I also left two poo-poos just outside my litterbox MOL! She cleaned that up and got back to the computer.
Finally, I took matters into my own paws and I jumped up on her lap and started to cheekrub and headbonk and lightly purr. She said "Awww Sandy, is that what you wanted?"

Well DUH! I mean really, spending Saturday cleaning, Sunday with her Mom and with goop on her hair and yesterday redoing the computer. .. whatever that means, and yeah, I was there through most of it, but I just wanted some equal time!
Yeah, we snuggled last night in bed, but I just wanted what Squeakers used to call Mommy Time!

Grandmas Can Be Kinda Cool

Last Sunday, Mistress said her Mom was coming over to color Mistress' hair, and before I could think of a good place to run and hide, she was here!
Funny, she had a lot of stuff with her, towels and plastic bags (she gave me one to play with after she used it) but I didn't see any crayons or watercolors and paintbrushes. . .well, I saw one paintbrush kinda thing. How could they color her hair without paints or crayons or markers? Humans!
Anyway, I decided to make Mistress proud of me. I stayed out and her Mom sat next to me. She didn't insist on picking me up until much later. All she did was pet me and talk to Mistress and Mistress made her some tea. Grandma let me sniff it, it smelled flowery. She gave me lots and LOTS of treats along with those pets too!
Now I think she's on my good side cuz she said next time she came over she was gonna bring me Greenies!
Well, that's it. She's my friend now.
I sat there like a good kitty and after a while I got up, but I didn't run into the bedroom. .. no! I sat under the table, especially when Jen came over (without Lyndi, at least)
Jen looked for me and only saw a glimpse as I ran off under my hiding spot. .. under the bed. Both Mistress and Granny were thrilled that I stayed out for at least 20 minutes, but then, give me treats and I'll stay out as long as you want!

They made a mess in the bathroom, but Granny cleaned it up and then left. Mistress walked around with a weird-looking shower cap on her head, then she stood under the water and now her hair is kinda dark reddish.

Yesterday Jen came over to help redo Mistress' computer. YAAAY! So long Windows Vista! And now I can go on all the Catster pages I want, before, IE would go BONK! and it would cut me off!
I didn't come out when Jen was over, but towards the end, Mistress dragged me out and I sat on the couch and let Jen ooh and ahh over me and pet me. .. as long as Lyndi wasn't there!

It's hard, and very tiring, to be a social butterfly! I don't know how Squeakers managed it. But I guess we don't have company as often as some other humans, Mistress isn't a social butterfly all the time either, that's one reason why we get along so well!